Kanada hat Millionen Hektar Ackerland verloren. Wohin führt das alles? – Die Ernährungssicherungsstrategie des Bundes steht vor hohen Landkosten und weniger Junglandwirten
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-farmland-carney-food-security-strategy-young-farmers-9.7266016
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>According to Statistics Canada, the value of an acre of farmland has [risen by 43 per cent since 2021](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3210004701), from $3,947 to $5,643, or nearly $14,000 per hectare.
>That represents a significant roadblock for young farmers trying to enter the industry, and it shows. There are [fewer than 23,000 young farm operators](https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/441/AGRI/Brief/BR13420646/br-external/YoungAgrarians-e.pdf) in Canada, according to a House of Commons report. The average age is 56.
>“Even if you are blessed with a farm in the family, what you’re expecting is your family to make a significant concession and sell the land potentially far below market value in order to make that viable,“ McCann said.
>“You get into this really tense issue around how do you deal with that generational transfer of wealth from one generation to the other. So I think this is an issue for anyone trying to get into the farm business today.“
>The federal National Food Security Strategy is trying to resolve this problem by doubling the guaranteed loan limit and extending terms of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act to „better support new entrants, as well as intergenerational farm transfers.“
>Ottawa also intends to establish a $1-billion Agrifood Project Finance Fund, delivered by Farm Credit Canada, that’s „dedicated to catalyzing value-added, capital intensive high-potential projects for the Canadian agri-food industry.“
I would love to farm, but who in their right mind would?
Farming is simply not profitable. System is broken.
>The federal National Food Security Strategy is trying to resolve this problem by doubling the guaranteed loan limit and extending terms of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act to „better support new entrants, as well as intergenerational farm transfers.“
I love that the solution, as is typical in Canada, is to pump more demand into a demand side issue, thinking that will somehow solve the problem and not just raise prices and adding fuel to the fire
Well the government could help by allowing farm assets to be passed down to family with deferred taxes but nope if farms owned personally then taxes are due upon death which often forces sale of land.
Oh no! Looks like Carney will just have to give that money to food conglomerates like loblaws and sobeys. Aw shucks!! How regretful
Another way China is going to eat our lunch. What is our government even doing in Ottawa?
In southern ontario, its all been paved over for subdivisions to house the millions of people we’ve brought in
The only way to prevent this becoming a bigger problem is to nationalize unused farmland. Come Mr Carney, collectivize the farms!!!
I was reading some articles lately that we simply don’t need as much farmland anymore. We’ve become that good at making food.
Who really cares
Just about the only thing we grow is ethanol corn.
The government should have been investing in vertical farming and greenhouse many years ago.